Schools urged to prioritize individualized learning

PRINCIPAL VOICE: Our off-track high school students weren’t terribly interested in school until we dug into hands-on learning

As a former teacher and now school leader, I know nothing is worse than missing the mark with your students. It is both disillusioning and frustrating to know that you are failing to provide them with the necessary tools to drive their own learning. It was this realization that convinced me that something needed to [] The post PRINCIPAL VOICE: Our off-track high school students weren’t terribly interested in school until we dug into hands-on learning appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

Opinion: We Asked Students What They Needed. Then We Built Around the Answer

As educators, we spend a lot of time talking about the things we think are important. Attendance. Graduation rates. Test scores. Yes, those things matter. But before any of them improve, students have to believe that school is a place where they belong. This year, a student told me: “I gave up on myself because []

A World of Opportunity Begins at Canadian International School of Hong Kong

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Choosing the right school is about more than achieving outstanding examination results. It is about preparing young people with the confidence, resilience and global perspective to succeed wherever life takes them. In an increasingly competitive and rapidly changing world, families are looking for more than academic excellence - they want an education that equips their children with the curiosity, resilience and...

Editorial: Illinois’ population is growing again. But we’re losing our children. – Chicago Tribune*

Fewer kids to fill schools. Fewer high school graduates to enroll in our public universities. Fewer workers to fill jobs, changing housing demand, different transportation habits and needs. ... Wise leaders would look at these numbers and begin long-term planning for the future, recalibrating how we invest state and local revenue, because the system we’ve built isn’t necessarily equipped to service the population of the future.

Do Vague State Education Standards Open the Door to Classroom Activism?

Do Vague State Education Standards Open the Door to Classroom Activism?

Need stressed to promote outcome-based education

Need stressed to promote outcome-based education

शिक्षा तथा खेलकुद मन्त्रालयको सल्लाहकारमा झा नियुक्त

काठमाडौँ। शिक्षा तथा खेलकुद मन्त्रालयको सल्लाहकारमा शैलेन्द्र झा नियुक्त भएका छन्। शिक्षा, प्रविधि, सार्वजनिक नीति तथा शैक्षिक नवप्रवर्तनका क्षेत्रमा अनुभवी झा शिक्षा प्रणाली सुधार, नीति निर्माण, युवा सशक्तीकरण र प्रविधिमैत्री शिक्षाको क्षेत्रमा सक्रिय छन्। उनको नियुक्तिलाई मन्त्रालयको नीतिगत तथा संस्थागत सुधारमा महत्त्वपूर्ण कदमका रूपमा हेरिएको छ। यसअघि झा काठमाडौँ महानगरपालिकाको सहरी योजना आयोगमा शिक्षा, प्रविधि []

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School leaders regularly make decisions on how to deploy their finite resources—staff, money, time—in ways they believe will best serve their students. While distribution is likely intended to be both efficient (providing the maximum benefit possible) and egalitarian (not benefiting one group of students over another), reality dictates that tradeoffs between these two goals must regularly be made, per the “leaky bucket” theory propounded by Arthur Okun in 1975.[1] Can such tradeoffs be measured Read More

What if we stopped grading homework?

Removing homework from grade calculations eliminates students’ incentive to copy—and promotes their learning. -More-

Corrupt Higher Education Due for Its Comeuppance

As more Americans recoil from higher education's foul products, taxpayers, legislators and parents will increasingly wonder why they're supporting it.A

Lower suspensions, but no clear system for discipline in private schools

Lower suspensions, but no clear system for discipline in private schools

Ray Dalio was a ‘terrible student’ who got into investing by golf caddying for Wall Street traders: Now he hires talent who have experienced hardship

What I find quite often is the case is that that student who did really, really well—and in remembering all the things that they've learned and so on—hadn't gone through anything like that, [and] may not be the most inventive, may not be the most determined.

ISTE Live 26: Doing More With Less: Kirsten Baesler on Sustainable K–12 Technology

In the post-ESSER era, many schools and school districts are learning how to iterate their resource allocation to do more with less and build durable plans that center planning around the mission instead of the money. During her session “Driving Innovation When Budgets Are Tight” at ISTELive 26, Kirsten Baesler, assistant secretary in the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education for the U.S. Department of Education, discussed the importance of having a clear framework for what sustainability looks like alongside panelists Chris Lehmann, CEO and principal of the Science Leadership Academy

'Patchwork measures': MP Marc Goergen pushes for shift in control of primary schools to national level

On Thursday, Pirates' Marc Goergen argued that primary schools should be lifted into the national remit, called for paid leave during heatwaves and welcomed the recent tripartite package, while floating a cap on the index for high earners.

Survey: Parents Value Life Skills, Support for School Choice

Survey: Parents Value Life Skills, Support for School Choice

Communism, the Bible, and Personal Financial Literacy to Be Taught in Texas Schools

The Texas State Board of Education passed new measures, which were endorsed by Heritage Action, for K-8 schools that reaffirm the teachings of American history, Western values, Christianity, personal financial literacy, and the downsides of communism. The measures, which include teaching stories referenced in the Bible, will clearly paint the picture of America’s founding history...

家长与校方支持恢复体罚 强调须设严格规范

随着国会近期掀起恢复学校体罚的讨论部分家长与校方代表公开表示支持但强调必须在严格规范下执行确保学生身心健康不受伤害 根据The Vibes报道两名小学生的父亲诺阿兹里指出当今教育体系在管控学生纪律方面面临“严峻挑战”包括逃学不尊重师长甚至霸凌等问题日益严重

EDITORIAL | Read the room, we’re failing in early learning

The importance of early learning to strengthen the foundation for lifelong growth, skills development and economic participation is not rocket science

The curriculum quirk pushing Queensland girls out of tech careers

While every school treated maths and science subjects as compulsory in year 7 and 8, technology was often overlooked, researchers found.

Perdoceo Education Valuation Is Worth Learning More About (Rating Upgrade)

Perdoceo Education Valuation Is Worth Learning More About (Rating Upgrade)

Stephen Curran: I know, we are all hot and bothered, but schools need to take it in their stride

As long as children and teachers are hydrated and keep out of direct sunlight, I believe school should continue as normal. The post Stephen Curran: I know, we are all hot and bothered, but schools need to take it in their stride appeared first on Conservative Home.

4 Things Every New Teacher Should Remember

4 Things Every New Teacher Should Remember

The Only Way to Protect Teens from Peer Pressure

Every year, at the start of the school year, I say something surprising to my students' parents: My primary goal for their child is that their child believes in themselves a little more than they did in September. The more I've taught, the more convinced I've become that this is the overarching goal as a [] The post The Only Way to Protect Teens from Peer Pressure appeared first on Aish.com.

School choice programs: The avocado toast of state education funding

Just as we shouldn’t blame young people's inability to buy homes on avocado toast, we shouldn't blame state budget woes on education choice programs that aren't causing them.

Ramai semakin yakin dengan pengajian TVET

Pelbagai usaha telah dan sedang digerakkan untuk menggalakkan lepasan SPM agar memilih pendidikan TVET sebagai hala tuju masa depan. Jika sebelum ini pelbagai pandangan negatif menghantui pemikiran masyarakat khususnya dalam kalangan pelajar sendiri, tetapi bentuk fikir sedemikian mulai tenggelam dengan muncul suatu senario positif yang memberikan keyakinan tinggi bahawa TVET bukan pengajian kelas kedua. Angka ... Read more The post Ramai semakin yakin dengan pengajian TVET appeared first on Utusan Malaysia.

Virginia and Ohio join effort to design 3-year bachelor’s degrees

While some say such degrees could increase college affordability, two groups blasted them as “stripped-down curriculum that prioritizes speed.”

Texas Christian U. Prof Says School is ‘Growing’ DEI Curriculum

“I think we are very progressive.” The post Texas Christian U. Prof Says School is ‘Growing’ DEI Curriculum first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.

Trump endowment tax pays off for poorer students: NY Times op-ed

Incentivizes universities to spend more on students instead of stockpiling investments.

Jewish day school system needs more high-quality teachers, Prizmah head says

“The teachers we have, we don’t respect and support in the way that they deserve,” Paul Bernstein told JNS. “If we’re successful and we grow enrollment, that problem only gets bigger.”

The Importance of Recognizing Innovative Part-Time Instructors

Historically, higher education has been at the forefront of social change, not only in the United States but also in classrooms and cultures around the world. Considering the many challenges facing American universities and colleges as we navigate higher education’s relevancy and role in society and learning, how can institutions continue to promote innovation where it matters: in [] The post The Importance of Recognizing Innovative Part-Time Instructors appeared first on Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching Learning.

How To Lock-In Your Classroom Management Plan

After you’ve taught, modeled, and practiced your classroom management plan the first week of school, there is a strategy that locks it in place for your students. It takes timing and keen observation. But it’s extremely powerful. Because it sends the message to your ... Read more The post How To Lock-In Your Classroom Management Plan appeared first on Smart Classroom Management.

5 Years Post-Covid, Public Middle Schoolers Still Can’t Read Or Do Math

Addressing the “middle school slump” requires a comprehensive strategy that refocuses on the fundamentals of education.